Joe's Gibson - sneak preview (Page 1 of 2)

I think the Retail will be a bit more,but it seems there is no confirmation on the actual price.
I have heard $6900 to low of $2850 & now this price of $4500 on this post. Well whatever it is the Custom shop guitars are worth the money because they are not mass produced like the regular Gibsons are. It reallty looked and sounded great at the Canton blues festival on Friday night. I forgot to ask Joe at his bus on the actual price...: (

Ok GUYS & GIRLS...the official MSRP is $6941 List for the limited run of 300 Goldtops .(from Gibson)
so you can figure in your discount from there,typically 35-40 percent (4511-4164) ballpark range.

Why is the JB Paul going to be a limited run of 300? Is Gibson testing the water for how well the product will do?

Niiice! Sounds good. And now that Gibson is bringing back the custom one-off orders it should be easy to pick one up from a reputable dealer. Now the only issue is money....

What I meant is it should be easier to find them because now dealers don't have to order 20 to get them in store.

Joe Bonamassa “Inspired By”

300 guitars will be built

Aged Les Paul Goldtop

MSRP  $6941.00
BODY & HARDWARE

·         Carved maple top

·         2 pc. Mahogany back

·         Single-ply cream binding on top

·         Aged nickel hardware

·         ABR-1 bridge without retainer wire

·         Dunlop strap locks

·         Aluminum Stop-bar tailpiece

NECK & HEADSTOCK

·         1 pc. Mahogany neck

·         22 fret rosewood fingerboard

·         Acrylic trapezoid inlays

·         ’59 neck profile

·         24 3/4 “ scale length, 1 11/16” nut width

·         Bonamassa truss rod cover

·         Grover kidney tuners

ELECTRONICS & STRINGS

·         Burstbucker 2 & 3

·         CTS pots w/bumblebee caps

·         2 vol, 2 tone, 3 way selector

·         Amber Top Hats (Rhythm Vol. & Tone)

·         Gold Top Hats (Treble Vol. & Tone)

·         Vintage Reissue .011

Includes CS case and COA

I got my info via a phone call to Gibson. I did ask the person that I talked to if there was a limited number that are going to be made and I was told " No, this will not be a limited run". I then asked, just to be sure, " so if I place an order for one 6 to 12 months from now, will I be able to get one?" The answer I got was"Yes, you will be able to get one any time you want".
I just called Gibson again to confirm this information and I was told that this IS A LIMITED RUN OF 300!!!  So I was given some bad info by  two sources yesterday. The official word is the run is for 300 only!! Get your orders in if you want one.   Sorry for the mis-information, but I was only passing on what  two sources that I deemed to be reliable had told me.

I asked Joe about his new les paul on sunday night after the kettering show...  my wife jumped in and asked "is it chambered?"  Yeah I know I tend to fill her head full of a lot of things, but hey she listens...  anyway it caught Joe totally off gaurd.  He raised an eye to her and was like "no, but thats a really good question."  He said that they are using the lightest mahogony they could find so that they wouldnt chamber/weight relieve it.  Which is great to hear because all the new les paul standards are light as a feather and tend to have a muddier sound due to drilling out the mahogony.   Hmm...wonder what I can sell to fund this sweeet sounding les paul?